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PR Specialist Job Description Template

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Mid-level in Latin America
$2,250/mo
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$5,875/mo
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PR Specialist

As a PR Specialist, you’ll shape how our company is perceived by key audiences and ensure our announcements, thought leadership, and communications land with clarity and impact. You’ll work independently to draft and coordinate publish-ready PR materials, support outreach, and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external media contacts.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute PR plans for product, company, and leadership communications aligned to brand messaging
  • Write and edit press releases, media pitches, executive statements, and other PR copy for clarity, accuracy, and tone
  • Coordinate internal inputs (product, marketing, legal, leadership) to ensure timely, consistent messaging across announcements
  • Manage outreach to journalists and relevant media outlets, including tracking responses and updating stakeholders
  • Prepare media-ready assets (Q&A, briefing notes, message maps) to support interviews and coverage
  • Monitor media and communications performance, escalating issues and recommending adjustments to improve results
  • Maintain organized PR documentation and version control for assets, approvals, and campaign materials

Must-have qualifications

  • Hands-on experience writing and editing press releases, pitches, and executive communications
  • Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end PR workflows independently (drafting through coordination and approvals)
  • Experience building relationships with journalists or media outlets and running structured outreach
  • Strong understanding of messaging, narrative development, and consistency across channels
  • Working knowledge of AP style (or equivalent) and the ability to produce publish-ready copy
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and handle feedback while meeting deadlines

Nice to have

  • Experience coordinating PR for technology, developer tools, SaaS, or B2B products
  • Familiarity with measuring PR/media impact and communicating insights to stakeholders
  • Experience supporting executives with interview preparation and briefing materials

What success looks like in 12 months

  • Deliver on time, high-quality PR materials for ongoing announcements and campaigns
  • Increase qualified media engagement through structured outreach
  • Improve stakeholder alignment and reduce rework caused by messaging gaps
  • Strengthen executive and leadership readiness for media interactions

Logistics

  • Full-time (40 hours a week), remote from Latin America.
  • Working hours overlap with US business hours.

About the company

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Interview scorecard

Score every candidate against the same bar

Independently drive PR planning and publish-ready storytelling that strengthens media presence and keeps messaging consistent across stakeholders.

Outcomes to measure

What this hire should deliver in the first year. Replace [N] with your own targets.

  • Deliver on time, high-quality PR materials for ongoing announcements and campaigns. Measure: Publish [N] press releases or major PR announcements with accuracy issues at or below [X] per release
  • Increase qualified media engagement through structured outreach. Measure: Achieve [X]% engagement rate on pitches (e.g., responses/requests) across [N] targeted outreach efforts
  • Improve stakeholder alignment and reduce rework caused by messaging gaps. Measure: Reduce PR asset revision rounds to an average of [X] or fewer before approval
  • Strengthen executive and leadership readiness for media interactions. Measure: Prepare briefing materials (message map, Q&A, key talking points) for [N] media or interview opportunities with completion rate of [X]%

Competencies and weights

What to evaluate, how much it counts and what a strong answer looks like.

Press Writing Excellence · 22%
PR success depends on consistently publish-ready, accurate, brand-aligned writing. Evaluated in Round 1.

  • Weak: Produces drafts that require major rewrites for clarity, accuracy, or tone; misses basic editorial details.
  • Meets the bar: Drafts press materials that are mostly ready for review with minor edits for clarity and style.
  • Strong: Delivers polished, publish-ready copy that minimizes revision cycles and anticipates editorial needs.

PR Workflow Independence · 20%
The role requires independent execution across drafting, coordination, and approvals. Evaluated in Round 2.

  • Weak: Needs frequent guidance to progress work; misses key steps in coordination or approvals.
  • Meets the bar: Manages the core PR workflow reliably and keeps work moving with limited follow-ups.
  • Strong: Plans and drives end-to-end execution proactively, coordinating inputs and approvals with minimal disruption.

Media Outreach Discipline · 18%
Structured outreach and relationship management directly affects earned media outcomes. Evaluated in Round 2.

  • Weak: Outreach is unstructured or poorly targeted; tracking is inconsistent and follow-up is unclear.
  • Meets the bar: Targets relevant outlets and maintains basic tracking and follow-up cadence.
  • Strong: Runs disciplined, targeted outreach with clear tracking, timely follow-up, and learnings applied to improve results.

Messaging and Narrative · 16%
Clear narrative development ensures consistent storylines across releases, pitches, and interviews. Evaluated in Round 1.

  • Weak: Story is inconsistent across assets or fails to connect to audience needs and key value points.
  • Meets the bar: Maintains consistent messaging aligned to campaign themes and audience framing.
  • Strong: Creates a compelling narrative that translates complex details into clear, repeatable messages across assets.

Cross-Functional Collaboration · 12%
PR requires effective coordination across product/marketing/legal/leadership for accuracy and speed. Evaluated in Round 3.

  • Weak: Struggles to incorporate stakeholder feedback; causes delays or misalignment.
  • Meets the bar: Incorporates feedback effectively and coordinates inputs without excessive rework.
  • Strong: Facilitates alignment across groups, resolves conflicting inputs, and protects deadlines with clear communication.

Editorial Quality Control · 12%
Accuracy and style consistency (e.g., AP style) are essential for credibility and publication readiness. Evaluated in Round 3.

  • Weak: Frequent style or factual errors; inconsistent formatting and omissions appear in drafts.
  • Meets the bar: Produces copy that meets style and quality expectations with minor corrections needed.
  • Strong: Demonstrates strong proofreading and quality control that keeps errors low and copy consistent.
Interview questions

Questions for every interview round

Each round has an owner, a time box and questions that test the competencies above.

Round 1: PR Writing & Narrative
PR Hiring Manager · 45 min

  1. Walk me through how you develop a narrative for a PR announcement (what you consider, how you structure the story, and how you ensure it stays consistent across press release and pitch).
  2. Describe a press release or pitch you wrote. What was the audience, the key message, and how did you ensure it was clear and accurate on the first draft?
  3. How do you apply AP style (or equivalent) when writing under deadline—what do you check for, and what do you do if stakeholders push for wording changes?

Round 2: PR Execution Independence
Communications Lead · 55 min

  1. Tell us about an end-to-end PR workflow you owned independently. What steps did you take from drafting to coordination and approvals, and how did you handle delays?
  2. How do you plan and run structured media outreach? Please include how you choose targets, craft pitches, schedule follow-ups, and track outcomes.
  3. Describe a time you had incomplete information for a PR asset. How did you move the work forward while protecting accuracy and meeting timelines?

Round 3: Collaboration & Quality Control
Head of Marketing · 50 min

  1. Give an example of a time you collaborated with multiple internal stakeholders (e.g., product, legal, leadership) on PR messaging. How did you resolve conflicting feedback and keep progress moving?
  2. How do you prepare interview-ready materials (message map, Q&A, talking points)? Walk through how you ensure responses remain consistent with the press narrative.
  3. Describe your editorial quality control process. What do you review for style, factual accuracy, and tone before assets are sent for approval?

Red flags to watch for

  • Frequently unclear or inconsistent messaging across different PR assets (pitches, releases, statements).
  • Relies heavily on others to complete basic workflow steps (drafting, coordination, tracking, approvals).
  • Limited experience with structured outreach and weak tracking/follow-up practices.
  • Produces drafts with recurring editorial/style errors or accuracy issues that cause repeated rework.
  • Struggles to incorporate cross-functional feedback while maintaining timelines.

How much does it cost to hire a PR Specialist in Latin America?

In 2026, a senior PR Specialist in Latin America costs $3,375 to $3,875 a month all-in, versus $7,875 in the US: up to 57% less. Mid-level starts at $2,250.

Country

Mid-level

Senior

Argentina

$2,250

$3,375

Brazil

$2,500

$3,750

Colombia

$2,250

$3,375

Mexico

$2,625

$3,875

United States

$5,875

$7,875

Monthly cost in USD, all-in: the talent's salary plus Teilur's flat 20% fee, from our 2026 rates. The United States row shows what the same role typically costs there.

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Frequently asked questions

What does a PR Specialist do?

Typical responsibilities include: develop and execute PR plans for product, company, and leadership communications aligned to brand messaging; write and edit press releases, media pitches, executive statements, and other PR copy for clarity, accuracy, and tone; coordinate internal inputs (product, marketing, legal, leadership) to ensure timely, consistent messaging across announcements. The full list is in the template above.

How much does it cost to hire a PR Specialist in Latin America?

In 2026, a senior PR Specialist in Latin America costs $3,375 to $3,875 a month all-in, versus $7,875 in the US: up to 57% less. Mid-level starts at $2,250.

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